Christmas Day stabbings

A 33-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after two men were allegedly stabbed on Christmas Day at a house in Devonport, in Tasmania's north-west.

Police responded to reports that a knife had been used in a violent episode involving three men at a home in Croft Avenue at about 10.20pm on Tuesday.

Paramedics treated two Devonport men at the scene and rushed them to hospital. A 30-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at Mersey Community Hospital, while a 21-year-old man was recovering from stab wounds and a punctured lung at the North West Regional Hospital, police said.

Police arrested a 33-year-old Devonport man a short time later and he was charged with murder and attempted murder.

The man faced a special sitting of the Devonport Magistrates Court on Wednesday and was remanded in custody.